Faith can move mountains.
With faith anything is possible, okay, but faith in what, in who?
If they mean faith in your own abilities, in the person you want to become, we would agree.
But sermons on faith usually have little to do with self empowerment.
It's amazing how people are willing to believe in something invisible but not in the things that are right in front of them.
The power of nature is all around, we can see it, touch it and learn from it.
But many choose to ignore it and believe in the traditions of dogma.
As Pagans we believe in self empowerment, we are responsible for our own lives, we are at the helm, captains of our own journey, surrendering our power to no one.
We are told to trust the unseen, have absolute faith and hand over all personal power because God is in control of everything.
If we surrender and allow God to work his miracles, everything
will be just fine.
Having faith in things unproven can be a slippery slope, it's pretending to know things you just don't know.
Telling us that God is in complete control is difficult to understand, where does that leave us?
How do we grow or get stronger if we think someone or something is to to carry us every time we experience life's struggles?
There were only one set of footprints in the sand, in the famous poem we are told, "During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
We don't need to be carried, we need to learn our strengths and purpose, gain confidence and even though there will be people during your lifetime that will assist and befriend you, those footprints in the sand are yours and yours alone.
The footprints are yours because you decided to get up and walk, because you believe in yourself.
